Saint Mary's University
In research, Saint Mary's University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,175 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,411 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,223 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 5.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #6,133 of 22,385 · #3,074 all time
- Rank in Canada
- #104 of 305
- Research works
- 4.3k ▲ 8% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 100k 23.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.83× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 29% world 40%
- International
- 24% world 18%
What is Saint Mary's University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #4,175 of 9,585 | 12.1% | 306 | #1842 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,411 of 10,670 | 8.8% | 271 | #2830 | |
| Social SciencesField | #4,223 of 5,988 | 11.7% | 132 | #1702 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,696 of 6,403 | 5.6% | 63 | #3898 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Mary's University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#1,842 #4,175
- Physical Sciences#2,830 #6,411
- Social Sciences#1,702 #4,223
- Life Sciences#3,898 #4,696
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Saint Mary's University work in?
In 2022-now, 44% of research at Saint Mary's University is in Social Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences33244.5%
- Social Sciences14118.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting608.0%
- Psychology516.8%
- Arts and Humanities466.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance243.3%
- Decision Sciences101.3%
- Physical Sciences29840.0%
- Environmental Science608.0%
- Engineering527.0%
- Physics and Astronomy435.7%
- Computer Science395.2%
- Chemistry374.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences344.5%
- Materials Science151.9%
- Mathematics111.5%
- Energy60.8%
- Chemical Engineering40.5%
- Life Sciences699.3%
- Health Sciences466.2%
- Medicine283.8%
- Health Professions172.2%
- Nursing20.2%
- Dentistry00.0%
- Veterinary00.0%
What does Saint Mary's University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 21.5 works5.5×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
Field profile
Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Chemistry3.15×37 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.88×34 works
- Physics and Astronomy2.56×42 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.48×60 works
- Psychology2.22×50 works
- Arts and Humanities2.15×46 works
- Environmental Science1.61×60 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×24 works
- Chemical Engineering1.52×4 works
- Social Sciences1.50×141 works
- Decision Sciences1.33×10 works
- Mathematics1.24×11 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.92×33 works
- Energy0.86×6 works
- Health Professions0.84×17 works
- Neuroscience0.66×8 works
- Computer Science0.66×38 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×26 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×2 works
- Materials Science0.56×14 works
- Engineering0.47×52 works
- Nursing0.45×2 works
- Medicine0.20×28 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.15×1 works
- Veterinary0.08×0 works
- Dentistry0.03×0 works
- Chemistry 3.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.9×
- Physics and Astronomy 2.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.5×
- Psychology 2.2×
- Arts and Humanities 2.1×
- Environmental Science 1.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.5×
- Chemical Engineering 1.5×
- Social Sciences 1.5×
- Decision Sciences 1.3×
- Mathematics 1.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.9×
- Energy 0.9×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Engineering 0.5×
- Nursing 0.5×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Veterinary 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Saint Mary's University?
Ranked on the quality score, Gaël Noirot, E. Kevin Kelloway and Marcin Sawicki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Mary's University.
- 1
Gaël Noirot
Canada · #79,903 worldwide 1.3k citations · 104 works
- 2
E. Kevin Kelloway
Canada · #89,059 worldwide 25k citations · 332 works
- 3
Marcin Sawicki
Canada · #153,382 worldwide 8.8k citations · 341 works
- 4
Erin K. Cameron
Canada · #195,788 worldwide 5k citations · 108 works
- 5
Nicolas Roulin
Canada · #217,450 worldwide 2.7k citations · 114 works
- 6
Luigi Gallo
Canada · #218,284 worldwide 9.6k citations · 394 works
- 7
Mahdi Tajeddin
Canada · #384,758 worldwide 643 citations · 36 works
- 8
Arla Day
Canada · #407,810 worldwide 3.2k citations · 70 works
- 9
Mohammadali Kiehbadroudinezhad
Canada · #478,895 worldwide 959 citations · 54 works
- 10
Gregory Todd Ventura
Canada · #566,793 worldwide 1.9k citations · 54 works
Which keywords describe research at Saint Mary's University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Gender, History, Labor Market, Corporate Governance, Immigration and Globalization.
- Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Stellar Populations
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Investor Protection
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Psychopathy
- Geochronology
- Sea-Level Rise
- Star Formation
- Human Resource Management
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Social Networks
- Literature
- Immigration
- Social Capital
- Innovation
- Social Media
- Gender
- History
- Mental Health
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Corporate Governance
- Identity
- Remote Sensing
- Labor Market
- Nationalism
- Colonialism
- Black Holes
- Plate Tectonics
- Tectonics
- Personality Traits
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Financial Constraints
- Zircon
- Dark Matter
- Cosmology
- Ownership Structure
- Galaxies
- Network Effects
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Climate Change42▲ 2.1×56 topics
- Mental Health30▲ 2.8×29 topics
- Globalization25▲ 1.72×41 topics
- History19▲ 3.7×24 topics
- Corporate Governance18▲ 3.3×15 topics
- Gender18▲ 4.5×24 topics
- Identity17▲ 3.1×25 topics
- Social Media16▲ 1.60×17 topics
- Remote Sensing16▲ 1.79×27 topics
- Innovation15▲ 2.0×16 topics
- Labor Market14▲ 6.7×8 topics
- Social Capital13▲ 3.4×11 topics
- Nationalism13▲ 3.9×15 topics
- Immigration12▲ 14×4 topics
- Colonialism12▲ 3.3×23 topics
- Literature11▲ 2.7×17 topics
- Black Holes10▲ 14×3 topics
- Social Networks10▲ 5.0×6 topics
- Plate Tectonics9▲ 7.7×3 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling9▲ 10×2 topics
- Tectonics9▲ 9.5×3 topics
- Human Resource Management8▲ 6.5×4 topics
- Personality Traits7▲ 7.7×7 topics
- Star Formation7▲ 18×2 topics
- Organometallic Chemistry7▲ 22×5 topics
- Sea-Level Rise7▲ 8.1×4 topics
- Financial Constraints7▲ 9.0×2 topics
- Geochronology7▲ 13×1 topic
- Zircon7▲ 13×1 topic
- Psychopathy6▲ 26×2 topics
- Dark Matter6▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Mergers and Acquisitions6▲ 10×2 topics
- Cosmology6▲ 12×2 topics
- Investor Protection6▲ 11×1 topic
- Ownership Structure6▲ 11×1 topic
- Stakeholder Engagement6▲ 9.3×2 topics
- Galaxies6▲ 29×1 topic
- Stellar Populations6▲ 29×1 topic
- Network Effects6▲ 12×2 topics
- Vibrational Spectroscopy6▲ 11×3 topics
Which research topics does Saint Mary's University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Corporate Finance and Governance, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 7 works
- 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
- 3 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
- 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 6 works
- 5 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 5 works
- 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
- 7 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 5 works
- 8 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 5 works
- 9 Cooperative Studies and Economics Strategy and Management 4 works
- 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 4 works
How open and international is its research?
Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Saint Mary's University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saint Mary's University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.
Fractional works of Saint Mary's University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2009.
Other research institutions in Halifax
- Dalhousie University
- Mount Saint Vincent University
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre
- Technical University of Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture
- Discovery Centre
- Greenfield Research (Canada)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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